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Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fews Net), a web-based platform for predicting famine, went offline on 30 January 2025. The system had provided up-to-date data to predict and track food insecurity in nearly 30 countries in Africa, central America and Asia for 40 years. It was funded by the US…

Without Fews Net, recognised as ‘a vital life-saving tool’ for preventing food crises, people will die, experts warn

A global authority on food security has warned that famine conditions in Sudan have spread in the North Darfur region and are likely to continue through October due to the ongoing conflict that has torn the country for over 15 months

Extreme hunger taking huge toll, say food security reports, regardless of delays to possible declaration of famine

Formal declaration of famine is impeded by hostilities that make data collection impossible, says study.